Broiler oven pull-out drawer



April 5, 1938. J. R. HALEY 2,113,544

BROILER OVEN PULL-OUT DRAWER Filed April 15, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l 7 .5. I U T 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEY April 5, 1938. J R HALEY 2,113,544

BROILER OVEN PULL-OUT DRAWER Filed April 13, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 T fi' (I; 131110 Patented Apr. 5, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,113,544 BROILER OVEN PULL-OUT DRAWER Application April 13, 1937, Serial No. 136,521

5 Claims.

and removed from the oven when desired.

1 A still further object is to provide a simple and inexpensive guiding and tracking arrangement for a broiler pull-out drawer.

A feature of the invention relates to the novel organization, arrangement and relative location of parts which go to make up a simple and ellicient pull-out drawer for ranges and similar devices.

Other features and advantages not specifically enumerated will be apparent after a consideration of the following detailed descriptions and the appended claims.

While the invention will be described herein as embodied in one particular kind of range it will be understood that this is done merely for explanatory purposes and not by way of limitation to the particular embodiment illustrated. Accordingly in the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view, partly in section, of a typical range embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of Fig. 1 taken along the line 2-2 thereof, showing the drawer in its closed position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of Fig. 1 taken along the line 33 thereof, showing the drawer in its fully open position.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view in section taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view in section taken along the line 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of part of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, there is shown in skeleton form, the oven section of any well-known form of gas range, and for sake of simplicity in the drawings, the usual gas piping of the other oven. Thus the drawer 3 for the upper oven is shown in its closed position, while the drawer 4 for the lower oven is shown in its fully open position, it being understood that the range as a whole is supported on suitable legs or standards 5. The legs are attached at the four corners to the front horizontally extending angle iron 6, and to the rear angle iron 1, suitable side angle irons (not shown) being joined to members 6 and l to form a substantially rectangular frame. Fastened in any suitable manner to the member 6 is the vertical angle iron 8, and the vertical metal strip 9 and extending between members 8 and 9 adjacent the upper end is the cross piece 0. The side walls H and I2 are fastened to the members 8 and 9, and the rear wall 13 is fastened to the side walls in the manner shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3. Any well-known form of burner box l4 may be provided at the top of the range.

Extending horizontally across the members 8, 9 is a bar I5 to which is attached an angle iron [6. A similar angle iron I! is attached to the lower cross piece 6 (Figs. 1 and 6). For the purpose of supporting and guiding each drawer dur- 25 ing its opening and closing movement there are provided, for each drawer, two rails preferably in the form of round metal rods l8, I9. Each rail has a right-angled downwardly depending front end 20 which is preferably threaded and passes through a corresponding opening in the member l6, and suitable nuts 2|, 22 are provided for adjusting and maintaining the vertical position of the front end of the rail with respect to member [6. The rear ends of the bars pass through and are supported in corresponding openings in the rear wall l3.

As shown, each rail is comprised of two-parallel sections 23, 24 joined by an offset section 25 the purpose of which will be described. Each drawer is comprised of side walls 26, rear wall 21 and a suitable front or closure Wall 28 having a suitable handle. Attached, as by welding, to the longitudinal corners of each drawer is an angle iron 29 having a downwardly depending flange 30. Adjacent the rear of each of the members 29 the flange 30 is provided with two spaced struck out lugs 3|, 32 preferably extending in a horizontal direction. The lug 3| is adapted to engage the arm 20 of the corresponding rail to limit the normal forward sliding movement of the drawer, while the lug 32 engages the under face of the rail to limit the vertical tilting of the drawer, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6. During the greater part of the drawer movement, except with the members 29, act as guides for the sliding movement of the drawer on the rails. The purpose of off-setting the sections 24 of the rails is to enable the drawer to be readily inserted and removed from the oven. Thus as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, when the drawer is in its rearward position within the oven, the lugs 3|, 32 are clear of the rail sections 24, so that to insert the drawer in the oven all that is necessary is to slide the drawer along the rails until the lugs 3|, 32 ride off the rail sections 23. Because of the weight of the drawer it rests upon the rail sections 24. During forward movement of the drawer the lugs 3|, 32 ride beneath the rail sections 23, as indicated in Fig. 5, thus insuring against tilting. The drawer can likewise be removed readily by pushing it to its rearmost position where the lugs 3|, 32 clear the rails and by tilting the front of the drawer upwardly and pulling forwardly the lugs 3|, 32 may be caused to ride on the upper surface of the rails whereupon the drawer may be easily removed.

I have found that it is highly desirable to be able to adjust the incline of the rails with respect to the horizontal and the downwardly depending arms 20 together with the lock nuts 2|, 22 provide an easy method of raising and lowering the forward ends of the rails. Furthermore I have found that by making the rails; in the form of bars of round cross section, there is considerably less friction to sliding movement of the drawer, thus obviating the use of rollers for this purpose.

While certain specific materials and proportions of parts have been disclosed, it will be understood that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. A pull-out drawer arrangement comprising, a compartment, a drawer slidable in said compartment, and means to guide and support said drawer during its sliding movement, the lastmentioned means including a pair of rails each in the form of a round rod spaced from the side Walls of the compartment, each rail having longitudinally extending parallel sections joined by an offset, and means to independently adjust the height of an end of each rail.

2. A pull-out drawer arrangement according to claim 1 in which the means for adjusting the height of the rail ends comprises a right-angled extension on the end of each rail, a support through which said extensions pass, and means to lock the extension in adjusted position in the support.

3. A pull-out drawer arrangement comprising, a compartment, a drawer slidable in said compartment, and means to guide and support the drawer during its sliding movement, the lastmentioned means including a pair of rails mounted in spaced relation to the side walls of the compartment, the rear part of each rail being laterally offset with respect to the forward part, and a pair of lugs carried by the drawer said lugs extending laterally to a point where they clear the rear portions of the rails when the drawer is nearly closed but engage underneath said rails when the drawer is moved to a forward position.

4. A pull-out drawer arrangement comprising, a compartment, a drawer slidable in said compartment, a pair of round rods each rod passing through and supported at its rear by the rear wall of said compartment, a cross-piece at the forward end of the compartment, means to support the forward ends of said rods for vertical adjustment in said cross-piece, and means carried by the drawer engaging said rods to' guide and support the drawer, the forward end of each of said pair of rods being off-set inwardly from the side walls of the compartment.

5. A pull-out drawer arrangement comprising, a compartment, a drawer slidable in said compartment, a pair of guide rails for said drawer each in the form of a rod having its forward portion offset inwardly with respect to the rear portion, the front end of each rail being bent downwardly at right angles, a pair of lugs carried by the drawer and arranged to clear the rear parts of each rail and to engage the underface of the forward part of each rail when the drawer is in a forward position, said lugs also engaging said bent portions of the rails to act as limiting stops for the forward movement of the drawer.

JAMES R. HALEY. 

